May 20: Running Almost As Healthy As Vegan Diet; Don't Peel That Apple (you'll lose the good stuff); A Weight-Loss Supplement That Actually Seems To Work; Careful With Aspirin And Other NSAIDS: They Might Decrease Muscle Healing

Running Almost As Good As Vegan Diet For Heart And Blood Pressure
In this study, both vegans and non-vegan runners of the same BMI as the
vegans appeared to be much healthier than sedentary subjects who ate a
"typical Western diet." That is, the vegans and runners had low levels
of many measures that often lead to high heart disease risks. The
vegans had lower blood pressure than the runners, however, with blood
pressure coming from low salt intake and high potassium and fiber
intake. Source: Rejuvenation Research. MoreDon't Peel That Apple! You'll Lose Most Of The Anti-Cancer Stuff
A number of studies have proven the truth of the old adage, "An apple a
day keeps the doctor away." This study finds that many of the apple's
most potent health-enhancing polyphenols come from the apple skin. So
be sure you eat the skins whenever you have your apples. Source:
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. MoreNew Weight-Loss Supplement, CitriMax, Produces Positive Results In Rat StudyThis
isn't a human study, but a rat study. We're reporting it anyway,
because it isn't often that you see supplement claims backed by animal
research of any kind. Here, the use of Super CitriMax, "a novel
calcium/potassium salt" obtained from the dried fruit rind of the
Garcinia cambogia plant, reduced food intake, weight gain,
inflammation, oxidative stress, and insulin resistance in "developing
obese Zucker rats." Source: Molecular And Cellular Biochemistry. More

NSAIDS May Suppress Muscle Tissue Regeneration After Endurance Exercise
Plenty of marathoners and other endurance exercisers use aspirin,
ibuprofen and other NSAIDS before and after hard workouts and races.
However, this use might suppress some pain and inflammation, but also
retard the normal regeneration of muscle tissues post-exercise. This
work is performed in part by satellite cells. In this study, 14 healthy
men ran 22 miles with or without an NSAID. The runners who didn't take
an NSAID had 27 percent higher satellite-cell activity 8 days after the
22-miler than those who did take an NSAID. Source: Journal Of Applied
Physiology. More